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"Suspicious device" clears Hadley shopping plaza

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State and Hadley police vehicles sealed off the parking lot for the Wal-Mart plaza on Route 9 in Hadley Thursday evening after a suspicious package was found in the parking lot. State Police explosives experts later determined the package to be harmless.
(CBS3 Springfield)

HADLEY— Police cordoned off the parking lot of the Hadley Wal-Mart on Route 9 Thursday night, and State Police explosives experts were called to the scene to investigate what authorities called a "suspicious device."

Shortly after 9:30 p.m. Hadley police and Fire Department closed off all entrances to the large shopping plaza for which Wal-Mart is an anchor store. According to a written statement, police said the package was reported by the Wal-Mart manager. The package was left in a carriage on the east end of the parking lot.

According to the statement, the State Police bomb squad "cleared" the package of any danger at approximately 11:15 p.m.